Day: February 14, 2018

GCSE Creative Writing Describing a Lion

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GCSE Creative Writing Describing a Lion

Lion Landscape Page Borders- Landscape Page Borders – Page border, border, writing template, writing aid, writing frame, a4 border, template, templates, landscape. Kick writer's block to the curb and write that story!Dec 5, 2016 A Creative Writing GCSE lesson Students watch parts of the film and carry
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Dabel Brothers Publishing To Join The Zac Brown's Southern Ground Family Of Partners

ATLANTA, Feb. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Zac Brown's Southern Ground is pleased to announce the addition of Dabel Brothers Publishing to the Southern Ground family of partners. Dabel Brothers will become the publishing arm for the company and already have several upcoming books in the works.
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James Hodge: Part of Super Bowl LII History

If anyone thought about going to this year's Super Bowl, they likely found ticket prices to be astronomical. However, Truman High School senior James Hodge was able to attend—and was actually paid to do so! This past November, while at the National Guard armory for training exercises, Hodge saw a
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'The Bold Type' Offers a New Persona for Women in Publishing

TV & Film x February 14, 2018. 'The Bold Type' Offers a New Persona for Women in Publishing. In contrast to 'The Devil Wears Prada,' 'The Bold Type' suggests that ruthlessness is not a pre-req for success in the world of publishing.
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Google debuts AMP Stories with big-name publishers

Google launched AMP Stories, a feature that lets publishers create full-screen content for mobile websites that looks like Snapchat or Instagram Stories, which string together multiple images in a single post, the company announced on its blog for developers. AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages,
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Assistant Editor – Medical Publishing

An Assistant Editor is required for a leading medical publishing company based in Hertfordshire which publishes educational and evidence based content aimed at nurses. You will be responsible for overseeing the development, production and accuracy of all materials including subediting copy,
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Apple News generates little income for smaller publishers, curators take pitches from publishers on …

Apple News generates little income for smaller publishers, curators take pitches from publishers on dedicated Slack channel. By Mike Wuerthele Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 08:25 am PT (11:25 am ET). Apple's editorial team reportedly takes pitches from large reporting venues on a private Slack
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Publishers again choose the low road

Over the past three years I have noticed a trend in American book publishing which concerns me: In fact, I find it offensive. Some publishers are using profanity in the titles and the text of their adult non-fiction books. At this point, I want to note that I am not Cotton Mather: I oppose censorship of all kinds
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We visited Amazon and Barnes & Noble bookstores in New York City — and they revealed a …

The store's inventory strategy emphasizes obvious selections — best-sellers, award-winners, critically-acclaimed authors — which is good and bad. On one hand, it can be helpful for readers who are looking for entry points into certain genres or who want to brush up on the classics. This comic and
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Why You've Got Mail is the perfect rom-com for Valentine's Day

It's also particularly appropriate for today, of course, because it focuses on writing letters – and Valentine's Day was inspired by the love letter St. Valentine sent his beloved before he was executed. The story draws on a lot of influences, taking inspiration from aspects of Pride And Prejudice for example,
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Havana Book Fair Concludes, another Big Success

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Havana Book Fair Concludes, another Big Success

The People's Republic of China came with books from over 60 publishers and different cultural events, including book readings, movie screenings, debates, signing publisher agreements, exchanges with Chinese writers and the 2018 Chinese New Year artistic gala which took place at Havana's Alicia
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Parsons is new Recorder publisher

The Porterville Recorder has a new publisher. … Parsons, who started at The Recorder on Monday, replaces longtime Publisher and Editor Rick Elkins, who retired in August of 2017. … For Parsons this is a return to the Golden State after publishing newpapers in the Salinas Valley earlier in his career.
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Publisher Ernest Hecht dies, aged 88

Dubbed “the Brian Clough of publishing” for his fast talking, mischievous nature and notoriously untidy office, Mr Hecht ran Souvenir Press for more than 60 years, publishing work from writers including PG Wodehouse, Jenny Joseph and even Che Guevara, as well as work from five Nobel Prize winners.
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Chocolate Facts, Effects & History

Initially, Spanish colonizers forced Mesoamericans to farm the cacao plantations, according to “The Biography of Chocolate” (Crabtree Publishing Co., 2005), by Adrianna Morganelli. When the indigenous peoples began to die in large numbers from diseases brought by Europeans, enslaved Africans
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Sync Story: Inside Ford/Jake Houlsby's new collaboration

Sometimes, a good sync can kickstart an artist's career, and Ford's hook up with Jake Houlsby looks likely to be a case in point. Now well on its way to four million Spotify plays, the Newcastle singer/songwriter's track Howl has undeniably benefited from Ford's endorsement. The track was part of
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The Loony Ladies of Earth Star Love Publishing Comics in Mangirl!

“Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog” may not be able to aid you in landing that dream job in the anime or manga industry, but we can help you pick out a new series to watch. Each week, we provide additional info and cultural context for a Crunchyroll catalog title to help anime fans decide whether or not
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Report: Apple News Drives Significant Traffic to Stories, Publishers Pitch Articles via Slack

The editorial team in the United States runs a dedicated Slack channel in which publishers can pitch stories to Apple, which tends to favor big breaking stories, special features, and multi-part series, according to the report. Apple is said to have similar teams working with publishers in Australia and the
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How Overturning Net Neutrality Impacts Digital Advertising & Publishing

The recent Net Neutrality overturn is set to shake up the digital publishing and advertising industries. Learn exactly what will be impacted, and how the industry may respond.
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Darlene Hill's New Book “Seeing Life in the 1940's & 50s through the eyes of a Nebraska Child” Is …

Recent release “Seeing Life in the 1940's & 50s through the eyes of a Nebraska Child” from Page Publishing author Darlene Hill is a heartrending narrative … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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THQ Nordic acquires Saints Row and Metro publisher Deep Silver

Since game publisher THQ went bankrupt and sold its game properties to several different companies in 2013, the Saints Row and Metro games have been published by Deep Silver. But that is about to change — kind of — as Deep Silver has itself been purchased by none other than Darksiders III
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Tranduc Han Prudence's New Book “Solving the Adversities” Is a Powerful Account That Delves …

Recent release “Solving the Adversities” from Page Publishing author Tranduc Han Prudence focuses on themes of conflicts and adversities … Tranduc Han Prudence, a member of PEN International, and author of two books on literature and history written in his native tongue, has completed his new
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Publisher typing job

Job description Copy-editors and proofreaders work on various publications, online content, manuals and journals in the final editorial stages. How to Get a Job in Book Publishing. This software is written in order to increase your arabic typing speed, through Internet Seattle, Simple Part Time Full Time
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Tinder Poo Date Guy Admits He Is Still Single During 'Lorraine' Appearance

After that dating disaster, it probably won't come as a surprise to hear UK post-grad student Liam reveal that the pair didn't decide to keep seeing each other afterwards. Despite that, Liam's explained that they're still good friends and he is still on the look-out for someone new. Let's hope he finds
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Democratizing thought leadership through books that matter

The “books that matter” mantra of Blooming Twig goes one step further. Their approach not only assists author clients to become published authors, it also encourages them to create their own publishing companies, under their own personal brands (a service they call “ghost publishing”).
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Report: Apple News editors field pitches from publications over Slack, publishers still struggle to …

Not much is publicly known about the team of editors behind Apple's News app on iOS, and now The Information has a new report (paywalled) that includes new details on how it operates. According to the piece, Apple's small editorial staff fields pitches from publications for features using Slack, and the
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A Black Poet Speaks: An Interview with Haki R. Madhubuti

The new press published poets, historians, scholars, novelists and essayists, including both established and emerging black writers. It became the most significant literary institution of the Black Arts Movement. In addition to being a publisher, his own creative production generated an extensive body of
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Movie Review: 'Fifty Shades Freed' Offers an Unsexy Paean to Wealthy Living

I tried to be grateful that E.L. James' best sellers about a bondage-loving billionaire and his demure bride-to-be make for racier, more eventful romances than Nicholas Sparks' output ever could. But enough with benefit-of-the-doubt giving. It took only a few minutes of Fifty Shades Freed — directed, like
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Borough snaps up Saunders' protégé for 'dazzling' debut

Borough Press has scooped a debut novel by British author Joe Mungo Reed, described as “dazzling” by his professor George Saunders. London-born Reed studied on the Syracuse Creative Writing MFA programme in New York where he was taught by Man Booker-winning Saunders. We Begin Our
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At 31, Ryan Coogler ascends to the top with 'Black Panther'

The Oakland, California, native got into filmmaking almost on a lark when a creative writing professor at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, where he was attending on a football scholarship, suggested he look into screenwriting. He had thought he would play football and be a doctor, maybe, to help
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How Google Chrome will limit the ads you view

It's part of the The Better Ads Experience Program, organized by the Coalition for Better Ads, which count Facebook, Google and Microsoft as board members, as well as news publisher News Corp. Its goal is to push publishers to drop the worst kind of ads, the ones that drive users to install blanket ad
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EV Speech explores radio, short film

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EV Speech explores radio, short film

“The idea for this came from an English project we all had our freshman year,” Tapken said. “In this project we were really striving to make an overdramatic comedy. Short Film has always attracted me because there are no limitations as to what you can do. I also personally love creative writing so this
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Tux & Chucks Makes Loaded Fusion Food in Long Beach's Fabulous West

That's what it's like in the Fabulous West (also the name of its best dive bar), a long and lean sliver of modest homes wedged between the 710 Freeway and the nation's largest … Loaded fries, rice bowls, nachos and burritos are now among the top sellers, and there are more extreme variations of each.
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Mercer Artist: Ashlyn Rebel

As an artist, Ashlyn Rebel has two loves—one that she has always known and one that she discovered last summer. Rebel's first love is writing, dating back to elementary school. “I don't think I've ever been not coming up with ideas,” she said. Rebel is an assistant editor for The Dulcimer and a creative
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) Hit Yearly Low

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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) Hit Yearly Low

More notable recent Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) news were published by: Businesswire.com which released: “Barnes & Noble Announces Barnes & Noble Pressâ„¢, an Enhanced Self-Publishing …” on January 24, 2018, also Marketwatch.com with their article: “Barnes & Noble's troubles aren't
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Community Calendar: Feb. 14, 2018

These self-published cooks are working with various organizations within Pembroke Township to develop books for future fundraising events. … Program is for writers interested in easy-to-use, free resources for publishing and sharing e-books and for readers interested in reading e-books by local
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Does Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) Have Any Gas After Achieving 52 Week Low?

on February 13, 2018. More interesting news about Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) were released by: Businesswire.com and their article: “Barnes & Noble Announces Barnes & Noble Pressâ„¢, an Enhanced Self-Publishing …” published on January 24, 2018 as well as Fool.com's news article titled:
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Facebook to test news paywalls on Apple iOS system

Speaking on Tuesday at a Code Media conference organized by tech news website Recode, Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships at Facebook, said the social media giant will launch its “subscription product” for news publishers on March 1. News publishers can provide users with five, not 10,
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Inside Apple's Courtship of News Publishers

When news publishers have a big story these days, their editors jump on Slack and pitch it to an unlikely partner: Apple. The tech company has built a small but powerful news team that is making Apple a key distribution outlet for news publishers.From the pitch received via a dedicated Slack …
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Photos: Vintage Valentine cards

… To greet my dearest Valentine.” Chromolithograph postcard by International Art Publishing Company, ca. 1910. From the Collection of the Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. … Chromolithograph postcard by Stecher Litho Company, ca. 1910. From the Collection of the
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Vermont Book Award Opens Up To Reader Nominations

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Vermont Book Award Opens Up To Reader Nominations

The Vermont Book Award is entering its fourth year and the prestigious honor for work of outstanding literary merit by Vermont authors has a new twist in 2018. In the past the nomination have been made by a committee of independent book sellers and publishers. But for the first time, this year's
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Introduction to Vega – The Academic Publishing System


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World Book Day 2018 to offer Welsh-language title for first time in 20 year history

But this year marks the first time a Welsh language publication has been included in the range of special £1 books that are published as part of the UK-wide campaign. Na, Nel!: Un Tro… written by James and illustrated by John Lund, will be published by Welsh printing and publishing company Y Lolfa,
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Michael Seyer Is a DIY Artist Making Lush Sounds In Southern California

Outside of dropping two solo EPs and a full-length project called Ugly Boy, Seyer has been playing guitar with Bane's World and studying creative writing in college. Not looking to slow down, he's currently readying the release of a new album. Hear his new single “Lucky Love” below and continue for our
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NBA All Star Game Among Red Hot Valentine's Sellers

An eclectic mix of events proved to be all red-hot sellers in time for Valentine's Day. According to data from secondary seller TicketClub.com, yesterday's top-selling events covered nearly every spectrum of entertainment. Sports came out on top, with this weekend's NBA All Star game claiming the No.
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Scifi Author Martha Wells Is Bringing Magic: The Gathering Back to Where It All Began

io9: What drew you to writing for Dominaria in the first place? Martha Wells: I was approached by the MTG creative team about writing a set of stories for the fiction section of the website. I agreed because I've always loved the artwork and being able to write stories about the people and places depicted
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5 things to know Valentine Edition: Flowers, flowers, layoffs, layoffs & more

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5 things to know Valentine Edition: Flowers, flowers, layoffs, layoffs & more

Adventures in publishing, Part 1. The employees of at least one suburban newspaper group live in a world of turmoil. As Jeff Blumenthal tells it Digital First Media, which bought a slew of small local dailies and weeklies, has been ejected people off the payroll with some regularity … meanwhile it won an
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App Annie Announces Annual List of "Top 52" Highest Earning Publishers of 2017 for iOS and …

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — App Annie, the most trusted mobile app data and insights company, announced today their annual Top 52 Publishers list of 2017, which recognizes the top global earners across Google Play and the iOS App Store. Newcomers to App Annie's Top 52 in
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Sweet and savory delicacies in Oxnard

When one of my neighbors, who'd lived in California for over a decade, was picked up by ICE just before Christmas, it was bleakly obvious that his wife and two young sons, age 7 and 4, would not only need some financial help, but plenty of cheering up from time to time. So after our back-to-school,
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ABA and BookExpo to Host Bookseller Finance Session for Publishers

The American Booksellers Association and BookExpo are partnering to host a special education session for publishers about bookstore finances.
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Publishers continue to invest in platforms, but research confirms that platforms give little in return

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Publishers continue to invest in platforms, but research confirms that platforms give little in return

Digital Content Next (DCN) recently released findings from its second annual DCN Distributed Context Revenue Report. The research, written about here and here, provides marketplace intelligence on distributed content strategies and the challenges confronting publishers when working with third-party
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Sul Ross professor honored with ASCAP award, authors book reviews in Choral Journal

ASCAP is one of the largest national organizations of composers, authors and publishers. In addition Freed, Sul Ross State University professor of music, authored two book reviews in the February 2018 issue of Choral Journal. Freed reviewed “Voice Secrets: One Hundred Performance Strategies for
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Does the Mommy Blogger Stereotype Hurt Freelance Writers?

That's what a friend said when I told her I was leaving traditional employment to start working for myself. You might think she didn't know that I was a managing editor for a content agency before going solo or that I had a graduate degree in creative writing. But she did. In fact, we'd had many
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Facebook Says Not Its Job to Recruit Publishers for Content

In a clear message to news publishers, a top Facebook executive has emphasised that it is not their job to recruit people from media organisations for the content on the social media platform. At the “Code Media 2018” conference in California organised by the famous tech portal ReCode, Facebook's
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Google Offers New Mobile Story Tech to Publishers

Google on Tuesday rolled out a developer preview of its new AMP story format, which is designed to give content publishers an easy way to deliver news and information on mobile devices with visually rich, tap-through stories. “On mobile devices, users browse lots of articles, but engage with few
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Entries now open for community walk

Based at The Hub – Thie Rosien in Castletown Road, Port Erin – SCI is home to several initiatives including community art and creative writing projects, crafts, bridge and board games, meditation, a social fitness group and the Men in Sheds project. The aim of the Hub is to tackle isolation and loneliness
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ArtFest in the West, Raising Funds for Arts Programming in Western Albemarle Schools, Will Be on …

This year's theme, “Out of This World,” features student artists and their work in vocal and instrumental music, fine arts, photography, creative writing, and drama. Among the highlights this year will be a ukulele concert by Meriwether Lewis Elementary School students; a preview of Western Albemarle
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Book Publishers and Book Lovers Are Destroying the Planet, Says TCK Publishing, a Sustainable …

“The book industry is hurting the planet through inefficient manufacturing, distribution, and forecasting,” said Tom Corson-Knowles, CEO of TCK Publishing, an environmentally friendly book publisher based in Indianapolis. “Part of our responsibility as citizens of the planet is to be aware of when things
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Publishing .twb file

I have a .twb workbook that uses the same data source in both the live and test Tableau environments. The test and live workbooks both point to the test server/database. As this is the case, when I promote the workbook after making changes, from test to live, then I assume that don't need to re-publish
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How Analysts Feel About Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY)?

Investors sentiment increased to 1.03 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.08, from 0.95 in 2017Q2. It improved, as 62 investors sold Bloomsbury Publishing plc shares while 519 reduced holdings. 137 funds opened positions while 460 raised stakes. 1.11 billion shares or 0.68% more from 1.10 billion shares in 2017Q2
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Amora's Valentine's Day Survey Finds Coffee In Bed Is Equally Romantic As An Expensive Dinner …

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Amora, a subscription-based coffee company delivering premium coffee directly to consumers across the U.S., today announced key findings from its first Valentine's Day survey, which found that consumers consider coffee in bed equally romantic as an
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Book Publishers and Book Lovers Are Destroying the Planet, Says

Book Publishers and Book Lovers Are Destroying the Planet, Says TCK Publishing, a Sustainable Publishing Company. Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. Frankly and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith.
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Steph Says

When I was a little girl, I would line up my Beanie Babies and spend an entire afternoon walking down the aisle to wedding music. I'd have Momma put my hair in “pin curls” using bobby pins the night before, and by morning, my long, red hair would roll down my back in perfect twists. The plastic heels on
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The Necessity of 'Willful Blindness' in Writing

In the end, the book afforded both romantic and creative license. As Bluets reminded Mailhot that “you can do anything,” she also found herself falling for the professor who'd assigned it to her—the writer Casey Gray, now her husband. We discussed how love and writing both require adopting a willful
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Publishers & Presses jobs in Other Executive Administration

Publishers & Presses jobs in Other Executive Administration. 1 job to view and apply for now with Inside Higher Ed Careers.
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Google's 'me-too' move into story territory

Rudy Galfi, product manager for AMP at Google, said in a blog post that the AMP story format will provide content publishers with a mobile-focused format for delivering news and information as visually rich, tap-through stories. On other social media sites, like Snapchat and Instagram, these stories (in
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Downtown Music Announces New Global Expansions With Offices in Paris & Sydney

Downtown Music Publishing is expanding its operations with new offices and new hires in Paris and Sydney, Billboard has learned. The new offices will focus on local songwriters and artists, as well as marketing and promoting the company's global catalog of copyrights, which includes John Lennon,
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Poopology: Harvard University to offer course on potty

During the course, the students will theorise excremental poetics and use it as a model for the process of writing. They will also understand that the poop is similar to life. Just like it becomes concrete, life translates into a concrete form our experience of the world (we excrete what we take in, processing
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Former Poly student lifts lid in book

A FORMER Portsmouth Polytechnic student has lifted the lid on his former days studying in the city in a new self published book where he bares all. Jon Hopkins … 'My friend's son published a short book on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and it gave me the idea to go ahead with mine on the platform.
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Editor at Casablanca Book Fair Exhibits Morocco Without the Sahara

“The organizing committee of the Casablanca Book Fair reports that the Monitoring Committee has monitored all the books displayed in the publishers' gallery, and it has confirmed that the book has not been present in those galleries. The Directorate confirms that the joint committee of various
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Portugal tourist arrivals spike 12 pct to new record in 2017

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Portugal tourist arrivals spike 12 pct to new record in 2017

Tourism has been growing steadily since 2011, with hundreds of new hotels and thousands of refurbished apartments for tourists opening across Portugal, promoting the country to one of the top 3 hottest travel destinations worldwide for 2018, according to the Lonely Plant travel book publishers.
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How This Writer Embraced the F— It Mentality and Turned a Crazy Idea Into a Project Starring Jon …

It did a little more than that, landing on the Top 100 best sellers list on Amazon, becoming the basis for an audiobook that features the likes of Jon Hamm, Andy Richter and Philip Baker Hall, and, in turn, becoming the basis for live reading events that reviewers absolutely lost their minds over.
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Mars International Travel Retail extends sharing offer with Bitesize Pouch Packs

Mars International Travel Retail (MITR) will introduce Bitesize Pouch Packs for its top-selling brands at next month's Summit of the Americas (booth 523). The new Pouch Packs, called Bars Bites, will be available for Mars, Twix and Snickers. They will sit alongside Mars ITR's existing range of stand-up
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Taking a Closer Look at Literary Production

In contrast, newly reprinted “classics,” best sellers, award winners, or other literature deemed of note, are usually made more visible. Though book stores might be imagined as a type of cosmopolitan, multicultural haven, a small number of forms and content dominate the space. Bookstores often highlight
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Writing offered me hope at bleakest time

When Amanda discovered she had a flair for writing she experimented with poetry – and in the aftermath of Nathan's death it helped her cope. She then threw herself into night classes in creative writing for 12 weeks as an escape while working in local government. Amanda said: “I started reading poetry
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VIDEO: West Cumbrian communities get creative to enhance wellbeing

It is delivered by Creative Wellbeing – a non-profit social enterprise, which provides free and inclusive creative activities to enhance personal and social wellbeing. People of all ages and abilities can take part in activities and events that include community drawing sessions, creative writing, felting, stone
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Letter from the Editor: Why I won't publish the word "n****r"

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Letter from the Editor: Why I won't publish the word "n****r"

Choosing not to publish this word, however, is not an indication of fear. Rather, it is an homage to the respect and duty we have to and for our readership. We want to be sensitive to the needs of our community. Our community needs us to cover this issue, but it doesn't need us to print the word in full for
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THQ Nordic Buys Saints Row, Metro, Dead Island Owner, Koch Media

By Shabana Arif THQ Nordic – publisher of de Blob, which is getting a Switch remaster later this year – has bought Koch Media, which owns the Saints Row, Metro, and Dead Island franchises, in a €121 million deal. Koch Media itself runs Deep Silver (Dead Island and Metro publisher), Volition (Saints
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CISAC responds to publishers' demands over Spanish collecting society

CISAC, the global group for song right collecting societies around the world, has responded to a call by the International Confederation Of Music Publishers that it suspend the membership of Spanish performing rights organisation SGAE. In an unusually bold statement for the global trade organisation
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How Obsidian sailed crowdfunded Pillars of Eternity II safely to port

Sawyer explains this choice: “We considered self publishing for a while but publishing is not easy. If it was easy, everyone would self publish. As time went by and we got deeper into development it became obvious that we needed a partner. Versus Evil seemed like a good fit. The Banner Saga is a very
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Inmate jailed after writing to witnesses from prison

However, Sheriff Alastair Carmichael jailed him for 18 months for attempting to pervert the course of justice, saying his actions struck “right at the heart of justice”. Fiscal depute Charmaine Gilmartin told Dundee Sheriff Court: “The letter was analysed for fingerprints and his were found on it.”.
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Facebook says it is not their job to hire people from media organisations for content on their platform

San Francisco, In a clear message to news publishers, a top Facebook executive has emphasised that it is not their job to recruit people from media … When asked about why Brazil's largest newspaper Folha de Sao Paolo had stopped publishing content to its six million Facebook followers, she said:
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CISAC investigates claims against Spanish society SGAE

CISAC has stepped in to reassure songwriters, composers and music publishers it will investigate allegations made against Spanish collection society SGAE. It follows an angry statement from the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) about the conduct of SGAE towards its members.
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Day One: Chrome Switches On Its Ad Blocker

After Chrome alerted publishers of its plans to block noncompliant ads in June, Google released the Ad Experience Report that lets publishers test their sites for infractions and fix any issues. Sites are considered in violation if more than 7.5% of their page views include a crappy ad experience, as per the
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How Google's Chrome Filtering will operate and how publishers can avoid its adblocking hatchet

And with the impending February introduction of “Chrome filtering” – aka the much dreaded adblocking feature – as per the terms of the Coalition For Better Ads (CFBA); a move that could significantly reduce the number of ads served by publishers via the world's most popular web browser.
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Registration of publishers

The Kannada and Culture Department and Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara intends to come out with a directory of Kannada books and publishers. The publishers can download the applications for registration from www.kannadapustakapradhikara.com and submit before Feb. 20 to the Administrative
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THQ Nordic acquires Saints Row, Metro publisher for €121 million

THQ Nordic has announced the acquisition of Koch Media and its video game publishing label, Deep Silver. In a deal worth €121 million (roughly $150 million), THQ Nordic will acquire the firm in its entirety, while taking onboard a range of Deep Silver studios, including Saint Row's Volition and
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Gil Smith Launches Infield Media & Promotion, Inc.

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Gil Smith Launches Infield Media & Promotion, Inc.

Music Publishing and Production: Infield is a BMI registered music publishing company (Infield Music Publishing) and has the resources and talent to produce everything from full 10 track albums to 7 second jingles. There is a portfolio of providers supporting this area; to include songwriters, producers,
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Write Stuff: RJ Julia Hosts Authors Fred Bollaci, Amy Chua

On Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., Wesleyan grad Steven Parlato will discuss his novel, “The Precious Dreadful,” which combines humor, romance and paranormal events. A Connecticut resident, Parlato is an author, poet, English professor and actor. Information: books@wesleyan.edu or 860-685-3939.
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Tesla Finds Hope in South Korea's Luxury Car Market

The top three best-sellers in the same month were Mercedes-Benz E300 4MATIC, BMW 520d, and Mercedes-Benz E200 sedans, according to IHS Automotive. Coupled with the recent changes in the subsidy rule — scrapping a regulation that denies subsidies for electric vehicles with high-capacity
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TECH PUBLISHING I at JT3

JOB SUMMARY – ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES Assist in the planning, design, writing, editing and proofreading of documents such as technical manuals, rep.
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Textbook Returns to Publishers

In preparation for the upcoming Summer & Fall 2018 semesters, we will begin returning unsold textbooks back to the publishers. We know that there may be titles not assigned until later in the semester and we'd like to make sure we still have them in stock and available for students to purchase.
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THQ Nordic acquires Deep Silver parent Koch Media

Koch Media's business consists of three business areas; 1) Games, which are mainly published under the Deep Silver label with several AAA-intellectual property rights such as Saints Row, Dead Island and Metro; 2) Partner Publishing, which is the leading company in this business area in Europe and
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SembraMedia Launches Online School for Entrepreneurial Journalism in Spanish

… started searching for new income sources, and how we went from writing four content marketing pieces per month to managing an entire digital content marketing agency with a team that includes a manager, a creative writer, a community manager, an illustrator and a designer. To design my course,
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Light Of The Moon Publishing Releases New GW Mullins Folklore Book “Red Road – Legends of …

New York, NY, February 14, 2018 –(PR.com)– Light Of The Moon Publishing has released this new book in paperback and eBook. Filled with history, it features stories of the Native Americans with original art by award winning artist C.L. Hause. Contained in 200 pages, this book presents a memorable
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Upcoming literary readings in PT, county

Goddard College's MFA in Creative Writing Program presents two readings by writers on Feb. 20-21. Both readings are at 7 p.m. in the reading room on the second floor of Building 204, 200 Battery Way, at Fort Worden State Park. The events include a question-and-answer session, reception and book
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